(Reuters) – Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe will miss the rest of the Six Nations Championship after he was handed a three-week ban following his crimson card for Worcester Warriors of their Premiership defeat at London Irish on Saturday.
Van der Merwe was despatched off after his try to fend off Scotland crew mate and fellow wing Kyle Rowe noticed his forearm join with the latter’s face.
The British & Irish Lions wing will miss Scotland’s Six Nations video games away to Italy on Saturday and Ireland on March 19.
“The participant had enough time and alternative to have executed a lawful hand-off however failed to achieve this,” unbiased disciplinary panel chairman Jeremy Summers stated in a media launch from the Rugby Football Union on Tuesday.
“The contact he then made to an opponent’s head was direct, at pace and concerned a number one forearm, all of that are components pointing to excessive hazard and a crimson card within the World Rugby Head Contact Process.”
Van der Merwe might shave per week off his ban and play in Worcester’s Premiership recreation at Gloucester on March 25 if he completes a World Rugby Coaching Intervention programme.
(Reporting by Nick Said; Editing by Ken Ferris)
